JAMMU,
Sept 9: Even
as Army and police
continued searches for
the militants at
Nowshera, Krishna Ghati
and Chamrerh forests in
twin border districts of
Rajouri and Poonch, they
recovered a large
quantity of arms,
ammunition and explosive
material from Budhal area
under the jurisdiction of
Kandi police station in
Rajouri district this
morning. Official sources
said the recoveries
include nine white
plastic boxes with brown
explosive material. The
boxes were in the size of
10x6x6.
Troops of Rashtriya
Rifles under the aegis of
Sector Headquarters,
Budhal under Uniform
Force along with police
personnel of Kandi police
station destroyed a
natural hideout of the
militants at village
Jaranwala in Kotranka
tehsil of Rajouri this
morning after conducting
searches in the area for
past two days.

Searches
were launched on a
specific input developed
by Army and police on a
consignment of
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)
militants having been
dumped at Jaranwala.

Army and
police destroyed the
hideout and made the
recoveries, sources said.

Sources said
the seized consignment of
arms, ammunition and
explosive material
belonged to the
militants, who were
operating in the area
earlier. However, they
added, some other
militant groups might
have been trying to take
over the consignment to
carry out terror
activities.

Such a large
quantity of recovery of
arms, ammunition and
explosives was a big
setback for the
militants, sources said,
adding that the
consignment reportedly
belonged to
Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit,
which was evident from
the recovery of LeT
letter pads from the
hideout.

Meanwhile,
Army and police continued
searches at various
places including Dhanaka,
Bhawani and Lamberhi in
Nowshera sector of
Rajouri district,
Chamrerh forests on
Rajouri-Poonch border and
Krishna Ghati sector in
Poonch district following
reports about movement of
the militants.

However, no
contact has been
established with the
militants so far at any
of the places, sources
said.